At 9 a.m. on March 5, the opening meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People.

After the opening meeting, a "minister channel" interview activity was held, and some responsible persons of relevant ministries and commissions of the State Council who attended the meeting were invited to be interviewed.

　　Economic Daily reporter

　　Hello, Minister Huang, in 2023, my country's economic and social development will release positive signals.

Under the current situation, how will the Ministry of Ecology and Environment maintain the bottom line of the ecological environment while serving and ensuring high-quality economic development?

Thanks.

　　Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that ecological environmental protection and economic development are dialectical, unified and complementary.

In the past ten years, while our economic aggregate has achieved an average annual growth rate of 6.5%, pollutant emissions have continued to decrease significantly.

In terms of pollutant emission reduction, we have reduced sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 84% and 58% respectively in the past ten years. The concentration of sulfur dioxide in Beijing is measured in single-digit micrograms.

PM2.5 has declined for nine consecutive years, with a cumulative reduction of 57%, and the proportion of heavily polluted days only accounts for about 1%.

People's satisfaction with the ecological environment exceeds 90% according to the latest survey results.

All these facts show that high-level ecological and environmental protection will not hinder economic development, but will add new momentum to economic development and promote high-quality development.

On the other hand, promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, achieving high-quality development, and high-level ecological and environmental protection are inherent requirements and due meanings.

Therefore, ecological and environmental protection must be considered in the overall situation of economic and social development, and the relationship between development and protection must be coordinated.

On the one hand, it is necessary to support services to ensure the stable operation and development of the economy; on the other hand, it is necessary to guard the bottom line of the ecological environment and promote high-quality economic development with high-level protection.

　　In the field of environmental impact assessment, last year we implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and ensured the elements of environmental assessment for major projects in the fields of energy and infrastructure.

Last year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment approved 180 major projects at its own level, involving an investment of 1.9 trillion yuan.

We guided local governments to approve 123,000 projects, involving an investment of 23.3 trillion yuan.

These have contributed to stabilizing the economy and promoting development.

　　Our approach is mainly "123", and "1" is to implement a set of policies. We have introduced relevant policies and built an innovative policy system, including the bundled approval of similar projects, the overall planning and linkage of planning EIA and project EIA. Some innovative mechanisms ensure the high efficiency of EIA approval.

"2" is to unblock two mechanisms, one is the green channel for environmental impact assessment and approval, mainly for major projects.

The second item is a consulting service mechanism that reaches directly to the grassroots and small, medium and micro enterprises. It improves grassroots governance capabilities through remote online assistance and clears up doubts, and helps small, medium and micro enterprises improve their environmental management capabilities. All of these are extremely important for the effectiveness of environmental impact assessment. big boost.

"3" is to implement the three accounts, that is, the environmental impact assessment management accounts of relevant projects at the national level, local level and foreign capital utilization level, to intervene in advance and schedule regularly to jointly promote the implementation of these projects.

　　In the new year, we will continue to make good use of the "123" policy, and continue to strengthen the guarantee of environmental impact assessment elements in the process of economic development.

At the same time, it is also necessary to emphasize keeping the bottom line. In this regard, there are "345" considerations. The so-called "3" means to keep the "three bottom lines": one is ecological priority and green development, which is the general requirement; Regulations and standards are rigid and cannot be changed. This bottom line cannot be broken. Especially for some major and vile violations, we will seriously investigate and deal with them, and will never tolerate them.

The third is the bottom line that the quality of the ecological environment can only improve and not deteriorate.

"4" is to ensure the "four gates": one is the environmental assessment and approval of entry, which includes planning environmental assessment, project environmental assessment, including the early access to the "three lines and one single" area.

The second is the sewage permit.

The third gate and the fourth gate are the bottom line, the gate of supervision and law enforcement and the gate of accountability for inspectors.

"5" is to focus on the "five categories of projects", which five categories?

For example, projects involving "two high" projects, ecologically sensitive projects, transfer of industrial projects with relatively high emissions to the central and western regions, park projects involving water enclosures, and projects that the people and society have strongly responded to.

Strict examination and approval of these projects, strict checks.

　　Thanks.

　　(According to the text of the webcast)